Experience

1. HCI Research Assistant

Authentic User Experience Lab, UC Santa Cruz — August 2025 – Present

• Support ongoing HCI/UX research through qualitative analysis, synthesis, and documentation to keep research workstreams moving.

• Maintain research repositories, literature reviews, and study artifacts to support stakeholder alignment and decision-making.

2. UX Researcher / Experience Designer (Graduate Research Role)

Authentic User Experience Lab, UC Santa Cruz — September 2023 – June 2025

• Led a year-long, NSF-funded UX research project on broadband data gaps and representation and translated findings into actionable design guidance for equity-oriented data tools.

• Conducted interviews and co-design sessions with advocates, frontline workers, and public-sector stakeholders to understand current workflows, constraints, and needs.

• Created research-to-design artifacts including journey maps, a taxonomy of map elements, and structured facilitation templates to support synthesis and alignment.

• Produced conceptual map redesigns and storyboards and defined actionable map requirements to guide advocacy-focused map design.

3. Teaching Assistant – HCI Capstone Course (UX Research & Design Mentorship)

University of California, Santa Cruz — Spring 2024 & Spring 2025

• Supported 50+ graduate students across 14 industry-partnered UX teams, including NVIDIA, Oracle, IBM, Google, and NASA Ames.

• Coached teams on research planning and execution, including interview study design, protocol development, usability testing, and qualitative synthesis.

• Reviewed research deliverables and early experience design concepts and guided teams through stakeholder expectations, collaboration challenges, and real-world constraints.

4. Multimedia Content Creator (Videography & Photography)

Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University — March 2022 – May 2023

• Produced video and photo content for institutional communications and outreach across digital channels, delivering polished assets for web and social.

• Partnered with stakeholders to plan, capture, edit, and deliver multimedia assets on tight timelines.

• Trained marketing staff on equipment use and core photo/video practices to improve team self-sufficiency.

5. Undergraduate Researcher

Authentic User Experience Lab, Indiana University — October 2019 – December 2020

• Supported HCI research through data preparation, qualitative analysis, and study documentation.